{{Short description|American social work scientist (1928–2003)}}

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| birth_name = Howard William Polsky

| birth_date = {{birth date |1928|04|16}}

| birth_place = [[Milwaukee]], Wisconsin

| death_date = {{death date and age |2003|10|19 |1928|04|16}}

| death_place = New York City

| fields = Social work

| workplaces = [[Columbia University]]

| known_for = [[Polsky's Diamond]]|

'''Howard William Polsky''' (16 April 1928 - 19 October 2003) was an American social work scientist at [[Columbia University]], who researched [[social systems]] and fought socially based [[delinquency]] through youth group analyses.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Berger |first1=Roni |title=The Gentle Giant of Child and Adolescent Residential Care: In Memory of Howard W. Polsky |journal=Residential Treatment For Children & Youth |date=14 July 2004 |volume=21 |issue=4 |pages=1–6 |doi=10.1300/J007v21n04_01}}</ref> He notably conceptualized Polsky's Diamond, a typology of [[Informal group (taxonomy)|informal groups]].

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